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- Gary CooperJess Birdwell
- Dorothy McGuireEliza Birdwell
- Anthony PerkinsJosh Birdwell
- Marjorie MainThe Widow Hudspeth
- Richard EyerLittle Jess Birdwell
- Robert MiddletonSam Jordan
- Phyllis LoveMattie Birdwell
- Walter CatlettProfessor Quigley
- Peter Mark RichmanGard Jordan
- Richard HalePurdy
- Joel FluellenEnoch
- Theodore NewtonMajor Harvey
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Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper , Dorothy McGuire , Anthony Perkins , Richard Eyer , Robert Middleton , Phyllis Love , Mark Richman , Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main .
Friendly Persuasion: Directed by William Wyler. With Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer. The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
- (7.9K)
- Drama, Family, Romance
- William Wyler
- 1956-11-25
Ralph Butler. Jessamyn West. Michael Wilson. The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble.
Friendly Persuasion (1956) -- (Movie Clip) I Hate That Bird! Director William Wyler establishing the Quaker idyll, Richard Eyer as young "Jess" talking about the goose and his powerful mother Eliza (Dorothy McGuire), in Friendly Persuasion, 1956, also starring Gary Cooper and Anthony Perkins.
The patriarch of a peace-loving Quaker family, Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), begins to question his pacifist values when the Civil War moves toward his close-knit Indiana community.
- (10)
- Drama
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